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Serious A628 crash in Wakefield on 16 February 2003 at 18:24 involving a Harley-Davidson XL883C Sportster motorcycle

A Harley-Davidson XL883C Sportster motorcycle crashed on the A628 in Wakefield at 18:24 on Sunday 16 February 2003. The 51-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Feb 2003
Sunday, 18:24
Vehicles
1
Harley-Davidson XL883C Sportster
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.67774, longitude -1.31538, in the WF8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pontefract. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pontefract South, Wakefield, WF8 4RN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wakefield

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003130180003
Council area
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
628
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Harley-Davidson XL883C Sportster

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 51, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Harley-Davidson XL883C Sportster)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2003130180003 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wakefield road accident statistics for 2003.